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On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

gōng ㄍㄨㄥ

    • a bow (weapon)
    • to bend
    • to arch (one's back etc)
    • surname Gong

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read gōng

In the same tone

  • 供 gōng provide
  • 宫 gōng palace
  • 功 gōng achievement
  • 公 gōng public
  • 攻 gōng attack

All 14 words read gōng

gong with other tones

  • 共 gòng common
  • 拱 gǒng surround
  • 汞 gǒng mercury
  • 贡 gòng offer tribute
  • 巩 gǒng fix in place

All 23 words read gong in any tone

Other words read gōng

In the same tone

  • 供 gōng provide
  • 宮 gōng palace
  • 功 gōng achievement
  • 公 gōng public
  • 攻 gōng attack

All 14 words read gōng

gong with other tones

  • 共 gòng common
  • 拱 gǒng surround
  • 汞 gǒng mercury
  • 貢 gòng offer tribute
  • 鞏 gǒng fix in place

All 23 words read gong in any tone

How 弓 is written

    部首 radical
    弓
    笔画 strokes
    3
    结构 structure
    独体字

    弓 as a 部首

    弓 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 41 under 弓. Look a character up by the 弓 radical

    Words with 弓

    Starting with 弓

    All 17 words starting with 弓

    Ending with 弓

    • 弹弓 dàngōng catapult
    • 左右开弓 zuǒyòukāigōng lit. to shoot from both sides
    • 开弓 kāigōng draw a bow
    • 角弓 jiǎogōng bow decorated with animal horns
    • 弩弓 nǔgōng crossbow

    All 17 words ending with 弓

    Containing 弓

    • 惊弓之鸟 jīnggōngzhīniǎo bird startled by the mere twang of a bow
    • 角弓反张 jiǎogōngfǎnzhāng opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
    • 鸟尽弓藏 niǎojìngōngcáng lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away
    • 杯弓蛇影 bēigōngshéyǐng fig. unnecessary suspicions
    • 合弓纲 hégōnggāng Synapsida

    All 8 words containing 弓

    Words with 弓

    Starting with 弓

    All 17 words starting with 弓

    Ending with 弓

    • 彈弓 dàngōng catapult
    • 左右開弓 zuǒyòukāigōng lit. to shoot from both sides
    • 開弓 kāigōng draw a bow
    • 角弓 jiǎogōng bow decorated with animal horns
    • 弩弓 nǔgōng crossbow

    All 17 words ending with 弓

    Containing 弓

    • 驚弓之鳥 jīnggōngzhīniǎo bird startled by the mere twang of a bow
    • 角弓反張 jiǎogōngfǎnzhāng opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
    • 鳥盡弓藏 niǎojìngōngcáng lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away
    • 杯弓蛇影 bēigōngshéyǐng fig. unnecessary suspicions
    • 合弓綱 hégōnggāng Synapsida

    All 8 words containing 弓

    The words 弓 counts as a measure word

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